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BURGH-UPON-BAIN, or Brough-on-Bain, a parish in Louth district, Lincoln; on the river Bain, among the Wolds, 6¾ miles W of Louth r. station. It includes the hamlet of Girsby; and has a post office under Louth. Acres, 1,560. Real property, £2,595. Pop., 203. Houses, 32. The South Wold hounds meet here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £133.* Patron, J. W. Fox, Esq. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Burgh on Bain Parish Louth Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BROUGH ON BAIN | BURGH UPON BAIN | BURGH UPON BAIN OR BROUGH ON BAIN |
| Place: | Burgh on Bain |
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